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No. 653,182. Patented July 3, I900. C. A. (IUIGLEY.

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No. 65.3,!82. Patented July 3, I900. (L A. HUIGLEY. WAGON BODY.

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PATENT WAGON-BODY.

srncxrrca rion forming part of Iletters Patent No. 653,182, dated July 3, 19oo.

Application filed January 19, 1899- Serial No. 702,714. (No model.) I

and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is an improvement in what are known as sheep-camps, which are prac tically wagon-bodies of peculiar construction for special use on stock-farms, where sheep are raised and where theyare to be 3 folded or transported across prairies.

The present invention consists in certain peculiar novel features of construction of the camp, as hereinafter explained and summarized in the claims and as particularly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isafront end view of my improved sheep-camp. Fig. 2 is a detail top view of the front end-gate. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a rear end view thereof. Fig. 5 is a detail top View of the rear or tail gate. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the tailgate, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the harness-support. Fig. 8 is a detail section through the body.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the camp is composed of a main bodyportion A, which is preferably a rectangular oblong in plan having vertical side walls B B, bot-' tom 0, a front end-gate D, and a rear or tail gate E.

At the opposite sides of the body A, projecting above the tops of the sides B thereof, are lateral extensions F, having horizontal bottom portions f flush with the upper edges of the sides B, and surrounded on the outer sides by short vertical walls f and at their front ends by vertical boards f and at rear by a trans verse board f which extends across the tail-gate. The extensions F are additionally supported on the body by the inclined braces F, as shown.

The bottom 0 of body A is composed of tongue-and-groove boards a, and the outermost boards 0 are rabbeted, as at c, and the lower edges of the sides B are set in these rabbets, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 8. This construction makes a perfectly dust and air tight joint between the sides and bottom of the body. The upper edges of the sides B are set into rabbets bin the bottoms f of the extensions F, as shown, making dust and air tightjoints at b. The side-boards f 'are also set into rabbets b in the outer edges of bottomsf, as shown. Thus the sides 13 are preserved intact and of full strength and thickness from edge to edge.

It is important in the construction of these boxes that the interiorshould be protected from the fine dust'ofthe plains and from the wind, and the above described method of joining the sides to the bottom and to the extensions is effectual for that purpose.

The front end-gate of the camp is composed of a vertical part D, which is secured rigidly in position, and another portion D, which is hinged to the part D. locked in position by means of a peculiar fastening device consisting of a hook G,"pivoted to a plate g, which in turn is pivoted at "g to the part D, and said plate is provided with a handle g and is limited in its downward movement by a stop 9 attached to the gate. The hook is adapted to engage an eye G, attached to the side of .the body, and it willbe observed that when this plate 9 is' tilted upward the hook can be released flOIIljhhQ eye G and the part D swung open. NVhenTthe part D is closed and the hook engaged with eye G, the plate 9 is turned downward until arm G strikes stop g This throws the pivot of G below the pivot of the plate g,.malking the device self-locking. By reason of the cocentric movement of the pivot'o'fhook G aroundthe pivot of-plate g the hook is causedto draw the sides close in to the end-gate, making a tight joint along that edge. .(The part D, moreover, may close against a battenstrip 01, attached to the side B, and the bottom 0 may be rabbeted at O to receive the This .part D can. be

lower edge of part D, as indicated in, the

drawings, and a batten-strip cl may be attached to part D and project over the joint between the parts D and D when closed, so that the joints between the body and thefront gate will be substantially wind-tight when the gate is closed. 7

. The rear end-gate or tail-gate is composed of two sections hinged together at their joint,

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each section being composed of two boards E E one of which projects beyond the other at the jointing edges of the sections, forming a double or bayonet joint between them, as indicated at E in Fig. 5, making a wind-tight joint when the gate is closed. One end of one of the tail-gate sections may be fixed between battens b on the side of the body, and a tongueboard e is secured to this section and may be closed over against the other section and secured by a catch J, as in an ordinary farmwagon gate, making the tail-gate also fit airtight in the body. The tail-gate fits under the end board f 3 and between the side-boards B, as shown.

Fig. 6 shows a vertical cross-section of the tail-gate, in which f is the end board at the e is the tongue, by which the hinged sections are closed and locked. The upper edge of board E of this end-gate is rabbeted, as at 6 as is also the lower edge of the end board f and when closed in these two rabbeted parts overlap, as shown, making a tight joint between the tail-gate, and boardf The lower edge of the tail-gate closes in on the bottom 0 and the bottom boards may be cut away enough to form a rabbet or shoulder C against which the lower edge of the tailgate fits.

To one or both sides of the body A, below the extension F, is secured a bracket-iron II, in which is pivoted a vertical bar h, provided with an outwardly curved hook h, which forms a very convenient suspension device for harness, &c. When not in use, the hook is turned toward the wagon and lies against the side thereof out of the way.

This construction produces a sheep-camp which answers all the requirements of such a vehicle. It is absolutely wind-proof and dust-proof by reason of the construction, and this is an exceedingly-important matter in r 'Ithis kind of a vehicle, which must meet certain climatic conditions incident to the part of the country Where such vehicles are used. The harness-hook is a convenient feature, as the hook when out of use swings against the side and is out of the way.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon, is-

1. In a sheep-camp, the combination of the bottom, the vertical sides B having lateral extensions F above the sides, the sides being rabbeted to the bottom and to the extensions so as to make dust-proof and air-tight joints, and a tail-gate composed of the opposite parts E, E with a front end consisting of a ver tical portion D rigidly secured in position near one side and a swinging portion D hinged to the inner edge of the vertical portion D and means for locking the hinged portion D in closed position, consisting of the hook G pivoted to the plate g, said plate 9 being pivoted to the part D, and the battens for making close joints between the hinged and fixed parts, all constructed and arranged substantially as described.

2. In a sheep-camp, the combination of the bottom 0, sides B, the sides being rabbeted to the bottom and to the extensions so as to make dust-proof and air-tight joints, lateral extensions F, and rear end-gate; with the front gate consisting of a vertical portion D rigidly secured to one side and to the bottom of the camp below the extensions, and the batten 01 attached to the inner edge of the vertical part D; with a swinging part D hinged to the inner edge of the vertical part D, and means for fastening said part D when closed, substantially as described.

3. In a sheep-camp, the combination of the bottom 0, vertical sides B and lateral horizontal extensions F at the upper edges of the sides, the extension consisting of the bottom boards f and side-boards f, front end boards j and rear end board f extending across the body, the sides being rabbeted to the bottom and to the extensions so as to make dust-proof and air-tight joints; with a tail-gate composed of the opposite parts E, E each consisting of two boards arranged to form overlapping joints at their meeting edges, and the front end consisting of a vertical portion D fixed in position, and aswinging portion D hinged to' part D, and the locking device for partD consisting of the hook G pivoted to the plate g, said plate 9 being pivoted to the part D,

and the eye G adapted to be engaged by the hook, all constructed and arranged for the purpose and substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. QUIGLEY.

Witnesses:

HOMER ZEARS, O. E. OTT. 

